CIO Demands Quick Taft Hartley Repeal Action
The CIO calls for speedy repeal of the Taft Hartley Act as senators plan hearings lasting a month or more. Key players include Arthur Goldberg, Senator Pepper, Chairman Elbert Thomas, and Senator Morse with a timetable aiming to finish hearings by March 1. The House Labor Committee also moves to raise the minimum wage and push Taft Hartley repeal before March 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
CIO
Arthur Goldberg
Wee
Aldes
Woladerg
Congress
Senate
Labor Committee
GOP
Pepper
D-Fla
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Morse
Oregon
Thomas
Lucas
Illinois
W Hilt
House
Lesinski
D-Mieh
Truman
Train Collision Injures Dozens Near Cedar Rapids
A head on crash between a Minneapolis to St. Louis streamliner and a Rock Island freight near Marble Rock injured more than 20 people, three seriously. Nineteen were hospitalized at Cedarc Valley hospital. the wreck involved a diesel streamliner and a freight train, with crews trapped and later rescued by local firemen. Authorities blamed an inadvertent uncoupling of freight cars and fog and sleet obscuring a warning flare.
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Associated Press
Warble Rock
Zephyr-Rocket
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Burlingleg
Rock Island
Cedac Valley Hospital
Charles City
Here
St. Paul Park
Minn
F. B. McClure
Cedar Rapids
Marble Rock
McClure
Bob Fullemer
Fullomer
Fullemer
Affinity Pair Held on Assault
Two African American men Nathaniel Burrell and Erwin France, plus two others, were arrested by Deputy Jenuinus S. George after a fight involving rocks fists and shotguns. They face assault charges before Magistrate J. P. Meadows. A Bang's disease meeting in New York City includes West Virginia officials and veterinarians.
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Jenuinus S. George
George
Nathaniel Burrell
Erwin France
J. P. Meadows
Beckley
C. F. Hale
Raleigh County
West Virginia
New York City
J. B. McLaughlin
T. C. Green
Elvin R. Coon
R. M. Johnson
Paul Robers
Wheeling
Hereford Breeders Association
Bang
Raleigh
Hi. B. Thomas
Beckleyan on Trial For Drunk Driving
State Police testified in Crimin al Court that George Quincy Gunnoe of Beckley had whisky and gin in his car after a highway chase from MacArthur. Gunnoe faces ten charges of driving while intoxicated as officers said he was intoxicated when arrested.
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George Quincy i Sunnoe
Beckley
MacArthur
Sunnoe
Walter Hampton
Gunnoe
Crumnoe
Lewis Ichevrolel Company
C. C. McGraw
Hampton
Gunnee
Kentuckian Named to Palestine Commission by Truman
President Truman announced Mars Ethridge of Louisville as a member of the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission. Ethridge arrived in Washington from Louisville and said he will depart for Palestine in about ten days for an undetermined stay.
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Palestine Commission
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Mars Ethridge
Louisville
United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission
Ethridge
Palestine
Congress prepares action on labor farm and tax bills
Congress moves from idle time to a packed agenda with Senate Rules curbing filibusters and hearings on farm price support and grain storage. Labor groups push min wage and Taft-Hartley changes while the Ways and Means Committee opens talks on extending the reciprocal trade program. Rent control and anti inflation measures face quick consideration as department budget bills begin advancing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Brannan
Sengate
Mouse
House
Truman
House Expenditures Committee
Herbert Hoover
Ways and Means
House Banking
Appropriations
Crop Growers Open Meeting in Morgantown
Morgantown hosts the 18th annual meeting of the West Virginia Association Crop Growers Association and the crop improvement conference. Speakers include C. E. Humphrey of Ohio Seed Improvement, J. Bruce Given of Frametown, George Dever of Charleston, and WVU experts Dr. C. F. Bishop Dr. J. A. Cartledge Dr. S. W. Tyner and Dr. Collins Veatch plus extension agronomist G. G. Pohnman.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia Association Crop Growers Association
C. E. Humphrey
Reedsville
Ohio Seed Improvement Association
J. Bruce Given
West Virginia
Frametown
Braxton County
George Dever Charleston
State Agriculture Department
C. F. Bishop
West Virginia University Extension Department
J. AL. Cartledge
The
University
SW Tyner
Collins Veatch
University Agronomists
G. G. Pohhnan
Navy Plane Crash Kills Two Near Toledo
A Navy plane attempting a landing in poor weather crashed near Toledo’s municipal airport. Two crew members were killed and the pilot, Lt JG Louis D. Robinson of Ditl Okla, was hospitalized in critical condition. Victims were James William Murphy 23 of Paterson New Jersey and Charles Adrian Doiron 97 of Sulphur Louisiana.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Municipal
Louis D. Robinson
Ditl
Oklo
St. Vincent's Hospital
James William Murphy
Paterson
N. J
Charles Adrian Doiron
Sulphur
Sub-Zero Winter Hampers Midwest Livestock Industry
A severe winter blast halts livestock movement across the Midwest with 2.1 million sheep and cattle snowbound in the Rocky Mountain region. Snow and cold disrupt feed supplies, transport networks, and marketing plans, with fatalities reported and rail and air service delayed nationwide.
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Midwest
Gne
Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Fallon
Nev
Utah
62Nd Troop Carrier ‘Command
Tacoma
Wash
West Virginia Briefs Roundup From Across the State
State Trooper Cochran is charged with murder after a fatal shooting of Noah Richard Martin in Cedar Grove. Auditor Sims notes 9 521 995 checks written since 1939, 1 098 952 last year. end-to-end this would stretch 1 000 miles. Kanawha County raids net 44 arrests with two establishments raided. John Edgar Miller, 59, held for the death of his daughter Nella Duvall in Taylor County. Upshur County poultry judging team places fourth in a northeastern contest. Huntington sees the deaths of Joseph Werlin and Robert Lamb. Fairmont names the state’s men of the year for 1948.
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West Virginia
Associated Press
Cedar Grove
U. B. Burner
Leonard Cochran
Noah Richard Martin
Burner
Cochran
Martin
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Grafton
S. E. Tribet
John Edgar Miller
Flemington
Taylor County
Nella Duvall
Rosemont
Bradley Man Held In Store Theft
Curtis Lemarr of Bradley waived preliminary hearing today on breaking and entering the Dunbar Grocery theft of 30 pairs of men socks and 10 cartons of cigar beets valued at 30 dollars State Police arrested him over the weekend He was remanded to jail to await grand jury action in default of bond Albert G McMillion of Fairfield was fined 25 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated his license was revoked and his car impounded for six months by Magistrate Thurman He was arrested by State Police.
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Curtis Lemarr
Bradley
T. N. Thurman
Lemarr
Albert G. McMillion
Fairsdale
Thurman
McMillion
Court Upholds Fraud Verdict in War-Era Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of former Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky and Newry and Murray Garrson on bribery and conspiracy to defraud the government during the war. The decision was two to one with Chief Judge Stephens dissenting.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.S. Coat of Appeals Today
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Newry
Murray Garrson
E. Barrett Prettyman
Henry ‘White Edgerton
Harold M. Stephens
Man Accused of Looting Nevile Street Drug Store
City police arrest 23 year old Beckley resident Maurice Ables after a 2 am foot chase on Neville Street. He was found with a pen set two lighters and coins, and the store was entered by smashing a rear window. A second suspect escaped. Milton Epstein identified the items at Kay's Drug Store. Harry Watson of the Toronto Maple Leafs is noted for scoring nine of his first eleven goals on home ice.
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Beckleyan
Nevile Street
Neville Street
Maurice Ables
Kay
Ables
Lewis Chevrolet Company
Abies
Morecy
Milton Epstein
Harry Watson
Toronto Maple Leafs
National Hockey League
Lewisburg Woman Burned in Auto Crash
Miss Gracie Zimmerman, 22, died after a car crash on Saturday night in Lewisburg. Harold Eugene Holmes, 23, of Renick's Valley, is jailed and to appear for a magistrate hearing after allegedly driving while intoxicated. The collision occurred while Zimmerman sat in a parked car on Washington Street with Garland Flack. Holmes was treated for minor injuries.
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Weller Lewisburg
Harold Eugene, Hones
Renick’s Valley
Gracie Zimmerman
S.C. Ballard
Lewisburg
State Police
Suit Holmes
Runceverte
Ballard
Zimmerman
Court
Washington Street
Garland Flack
Holmes
Tragic Route 69 Crash Kills Mrs. Zimmerman
Mrs Elmer Zimmerman Holmes driving away from White Sulphur Springs collides with a parked Flack car near the victim’s home. The gasoline tank explodes and flames kill Miss Zimmerman while Mr Flack escapes but is severely burned and hospitalized.
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Elmer Zimmerman
Holmes
White Sulphur Springs
Route 69
Flack
Miss Zimmerman
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